October 26
TRUNK OR TREAT, ST. JOSEPH MIDDLE SCHOOL 6:30 TO 8 p.m.
The St. Joseph Parent Teacher Club is excited to host their second annual Trunk or Treat event at St. Joseph Middle School on October 26 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
“Everyone is welcome,” PTC Chair Jen Wagner said.
The Trunk or Treat event is one the PTC thought about hosting for a few years. When they put something together in 2017, the response was overwhelming.
“We thought if we were to hold on through the school we could encompass 835 students, plus their families and friends from out of town,” Wagner said. “We wanted to include everyone.”
Without having a way to gauge how many families would come out that first year, Wagner said the 30 cars that were lined up in the parking lot ran out of candy pretty quickly. To combat that, the PTC asked students in kindergarten through eighth grade to donate candy this year.
“A class from each grade level that collected the most candy was rewarded with a donut breakfast,” Wagner reported.
The St. Joseph Middle School student council members will be on hand during the event deliver candy to cars that are short on candy.
The student council will also judge the event’s costume and trunk contest.
Wagner said this event is just another way the PTC bridges the gap between the needs of students, parents, teacher, school and community.
Throughout the year, the PTC uses the funds they raise to fulfill teacher’s needs in the classroom.
Kindergarten teachers recently requested funds for their annual restaurant unit. Students learn how to run a restaurant before they go into the back kitchen at a local establishment to get a behind-the-scenes look and eat lunch.
The elementary school will also study nocturnal animals during the week of Halloween. The PTC helps to supply owl pellets for dissection for the students. The PTC also filled a need for scholastic bowl t-shirts and buzzers last year.
“It just depends on what the teacher’s needs are,” Wagner said. “That’s where our money goes.”
The Trunk or Treat event is just the first community-wide event the PTC will host in 2018. The group plans to host a movie night in December, a spring carnival and Panther Day to celebrate the end of the school year.
By the response the Trunk or Treat event saw last year, Wagner believes the group has filled a need in the community.
“I think everyone likes. It’s sort of a one-stop shop. Parents can walk with their kids and go around and visit other families at the same time.
“It should be a fun safe event and we hope to have a good response from the community again,” she said.
October 27
VILLAGE OF OGDEN HARVEST FESTIVAL, 6 to 8 p.m.
The Village of Ogden will be holding their annual Harvest Festival at Prairieview-Ogden South on Oct. 27.
The event will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. and proceed will be donated to the PVO PTC.
The annual Halloween event includes costume judging in categories that are divided by age.
The categories include: infant to 2 years old, 3 to 4 years old, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third and fourth grade, fifth and sixth grade and seventh grade to adults. The judging begins at 6 p.m.
There are also games and a cake walk.
Masked or costumed people will be admitted free while unmasked people will be charged 25 cents.
Event organizer Sue Esposito said she is looking for volunteers to help set up the event. Set up will take place at the grade school on Oct. 27 at noon.
Esposito is also looking for people to donate a baked good for the cake walk. Those interested in donating can contact Esposito at 582-2520.
October 28
TRUNK OR TREAT, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church 3 to 5 p.m.
October 31
TRUNK OR TREAT, Homer United Methodist Church, 6 to 8 p.m.
Stop by the church for some treats on Halloween. We will have a line of cars with decorated trunks filled with candy!
In case of rain, the treats will be moved inside the church.
VILLAGE OF OGDEN TRICK OR TREAT HOURS, 6 to 8 p.m.
VILLAGE OF ST. JOSEPH TRICK OR TREAT HOURS, 5:30 TO 8 p.m.
VILLAGE OF HOMER TRICK OR TREAT HOURS: 6 TO 8 P.M.
